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One thing these forums are lacking compared to the old ones: the Multiquote function! Maybe I should go suggest that on the appropriate board ...


I know, it's so cruel! And therefore weirdly tempting. But on the other hand: tragically fatherless Keiran and also a baby you never meet that you can name after Duncan!


You are truly evil! I'm impressed. Does the keep allow you to make it clear that you impregnated Morrigan with a mortal baby but ended up with someone else, though?

My F!Cadash romanced Blackwall, and my M!Cadash Iron Bull. They are indeed both great .

Yeah, I thought her threat was just funny and indeed shows how much she cares about Varric. She was also hurt after their fight and probably took her anger on the Inquisitor. And I like her VA too, Kira is one of my favorite companions in SWTOR (her, lord Scourge, Khem Val, Malavai Quinn and SCORPIO!)

Thank you!

That is true. I didn't like the whole "ten times better smith than Branka ever was" thing. That was actually annoying. As to a better shot than Varric I thought that was just Varric flattering her. Bianca does seem very sure of herself, arrogant even, but I like that and her confident personality. I don't see her as a special snowflake, even with all her accomplishments. I would be more annoyed with character like Valta who has better stone sense than anyone else, is apparently a child of the Titan itself and gets some kind of special magical powers (dwarven magic, ugh!) at the end of The Descent. That there is the worst kind of special snowflake character I can think of (well, there is also Alistair, but that's so obvious it doesn't even need to be mentioned really...)

That's a good point.  I can understand why people don't like her.  I just don't agree with them.

I'm very predisposed to liking characters other people hate so... *shrugs*

Friendly reminder that dwarves are foine as hell and the people of Thedas agree.

Coworker: Templars for you all day, is it?
Denier: They love dwarves. I don't ask why. Probably don't want to know. At least they tip well.

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Coworker: What's your secret?
Denier: Pardon?
Coworker: You're paid more than anyone else in the Rose. Even Quintus! How'd you do it?
Denier: Dwarves are irresistible. I can't help it.

1. You always do, yes. The time it takes for you to lose said stone sense may vary depending of the individual though. I suppose the more sensible the person is, the longer it takes ? Maybe that Carta dwarf wasn't on the surface for very long?

2. If it's about the whole "daughter always takes the caste of her mother" thing, then it's not matriarcal, since the son also always takes the caste of his father (and if it's something entirely different you were speaking of, I apologize. ) Considering the Kalna families are so obsessed with Orzammar's traditions, it's possible though. Also it would explain why the love story between Varric and Bianca was so problematic: had they have a son, he would have been - le gasp - a dirty (prince) merchant and not some respectable blacksmith. 

Good answer! I'd add:

1. The writers don't seem to be completely consistent on stone sense, though it's clearly a real thing, and clearly you do lose it (Valta was afraid that even seeing the sky would affect hers.) The easy way to reconcile that is to assume a surface dwarf is lying to the gullible non-dwarf.

2. Surface dwarves don't technically inherit caste at all, though I'm sure there's a certain amount of "my family was" going on. The surface merchants' guild isn't necessarily made up of people descended from merchants caste. However, I'd guess inheritance of status would still follow same sex descent. So if Varric and Bartrand had a sister, her inherited claim to status, if any, would come from her mother, but as long as that status was considered the same as their father's, they'd have inherited property, etc. within the family equally from either parent.

I honestly think they came up with a fairly interesting system for caste that argues for both genders being equally valued (it's only rigidity, particularly regarding the inheritability of castelessness that's causing them problems.) Judging by the dwarven noble origin, as long as a couple are the same caste, either sex can inherit from either parent. No one was blinking at a female Aeducan becoming the ruler after Endrin, after all, and I suspect surnames for children probably go with the parent of the higher rank, though that's really unclear. Oghren and Branca seem to have been a little unusual in that their arranged marriage was between castes, but it also didn't threaten caste (apparently Branka's parents were social climbers...) Frankly, I think it would be funny to find out that their fertility problems have more to do with excessive inbreeding within castes than the taint from darkspawn...

First post updated - I refuse to take any credits for it though, they all go to phoray.